What shovels do you guys use when out camping? Do you guys carry fixed shovels or are folding shovels good enough for the job? For me personally, it's the Chinese WJQ-308 Military shovel. It has like 15 functions in one. Shovel, pick axe, chopping, saw, wire cutting, wire twister, can opener. What do you guys carry?
i dig with a trekking pole and get my trekking poles in aluminum instead of carbon so when they deform from said digging i just bend it back no problem. it serves as a middle ground between a shitty backpacker trowel and a gigantic cobra commando e tool.
I have carried a shovel a few times, but i dont find it worth the weight. I have a surplus ak74 bayonett, that i use for camp tasks, that digs easy enough and is very light. Cost me 8€
I have a Fiskars folder I got recently and didn't take PrepHole yet, it's a solid piece once unfolded, packs compact, but it's heavy as shit. If it doesn't prove itself immensely useful those times I'll take it with me I'll probably use it for gardening.
It is good for entrenching and possibly bashing someones head in, but unless you need to construct fighting positions, I'd opt for something else.
I want to use it to build fire pits
i thought the basic PrepHole use was to dig shit holes.
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Nah man. We just poop in the stream and the water carries it away from us.
I'd want a shovel like this but in titanium due to the weight savings. Too bad I do not have contacts to Russia.
>in titanium due to the weight savings
A wooden handle can be replaced with a longer handle or repurposed. Hauling around a titanium tube that's riveted to your shovel and the sole purpose is to add leverage to your shovel is fricking moronic.
I figured everyone understood that I was talking about the shovel head being titanium. I don't think any place even sells 100% titanium shovels (the handle being titanium as well).
Snufkin is a sissy that runs to the south before the cold season starts.
If you have a good degree, then you can work in english. People in Finland generally know English sonwell that foreigners do not even have to learn Finnish for surviving.
I knew one British guy who lived here for 7 years and he didn't learn more than few phrases in Finnish. Being motovated to learn the language does help.
>If you have a good degree
haha I don't have a degree
(and catholes)
I like that one, love the wooden pommel. I think you can take it off to make it more portable. How do I get one of these, do I google "nazi shovel milsurp" ? it probably had a long name like Portbeilungskriegspäden
>Romanian surplus folding shovel
let me guess, Varusteleka
The description for the milsurp shovels are some of the best I've seen on the shop so far
>A magnificent piece of war history but absolutely shitty for digging for anything but holes in your psyche.
>If your philosophy of life is all about modern efficiency, this e-tool is as useful for you as a bikini on a hippo. The shaft is short as hell, ergonomics infernally crappy, and the flat edge can only easily dig holes in your soul. But traditional bushcrafters and reenactors don’t care about modern decadence. Their joy stems from overcoming difficulties. And it is quite hard to get more difficult than this.
>A smart person would have put a handle on the shaft but these have a dildoesque lump instead.
>There are two kinds of people, my friend. Those with Austro-Hungarian Field Spades and those who don't dig. You won't dig much more with this.
>Oh Lord have mercy on the one that diggeth anything with this ye olde tool.
>These are pretty old, and used with the love and care usually associated with vast East Bloc conscript armies.
>A magnificent piece of history but fiendishly crappy for digging. Mount it on your wall or give it to a neighbor that you hate.
>milsurp in good condition actually exists
thanks for the link anon, I'll probably end up buying something to LARP with from that site
folding one looks pretty sweet
the fixed handle lightweight ones with sharp edges are pretty nice. works well enough for cutting through vines and shit when off trail. and chops branches well enough for a campfire. they get mangled by rocks though digging anything but sand and clean soil will frick its ability to cut. worthy of the name multitool unlike most things advertised as such.
the folding nato shovels are nice because you can set it 90 degrees so you can use it like a hoe but i wouldnt sharpen the edge for cutting doesnt seem like it would hold up to the impacts
kek is that a bottle opener?
>let me just put a lip of the bottle perilously close to the thing I use to dig a hole I poop in
I don't take one with me, but I leave a cold steel spetnaz shovel in my trunk. I got stuck in the snow once, and had to dig out my car with a stick I found nearby. It was the middle of a logging road and I was at it for hours. When I got stuck the next time it only took me 20 minutes to get unfricked with the shovel.
I hope you dig the hole before pooping and no poop touches the shovel, as it was already put away.
>the folding mechanism is annoying to clean
I generally use an air compressor at home to do that kind of job.
I love my cold steel shovel, havent take It to camping, but everytime I dig a hole in my garden I use that shovel. Its just that handy.
For digging poop holes I just use a black and decker trowel that was already in my house.
i have taken it camping its good
british army e-tool, folding kind. not the shitty cheap chinkshit that breaks after one use (talking from experience)
Why are you pouring water Into the hole?
How long have you had it and how much did that cost? I never trust Chinease and Chineasium-based products now out of principle and expected reliability.
Had one of these () for a while and later had to replace it for another NATO design shovel after the fricker I left it with decided to use it as a fricking AXE on downed timber.
It's a good design that lends you a functional handle and very suitible shovel when fully-exteded. You can also wind down the screw haft and lower the shovel-head for more "pick-axe/hoe" like motions. I await the day I am justified in defending myself; to either bash someone's head in or attempt to use it like a buckler. Later I bought a DPM entrenching tool pouch for it as a nice cover that lets me keep a few other things inside and a choice to wear it on my person or hide it in my bag without worrying about shit getting scratched or covered in mud.
Getting a Cold-Steel spetnaz shovel soon, so I'm interested to see the difference in weight and utility, though expect to use the NATO still because of my planned bug-out kit.
Are you saying you don't DIG IT?
He doesn't dig it, sucka!
All these homosexuals arount here that dont bring a combat shovel for LARPing into the woods. Pathetic, Erbämlich even.
Fall really seperates the boys from the men. Packing for my next PrepHoleing at the moment.
>imco streamline lighter
i kneel
IMCO chad recognizing the exact model from a few pixels, i kneel aswell.
Bible + Vodka is an interesting combination
What denomination is that anyway? Are you Germans protestant, Catholic?
depends on the region. im the guy you replied to and my area is generally protestant and i personly agree much more with that ad opposed to catholics.
im not much of a beleiver jet, i just started reading, but i have always felt that there is something larger than myself out there.
also the important part is recognizing your vices and trying to combat them, no man is perfect
cant trust a man without vices, spends all that time not being true to himself and repressing till it all comes out at once, like the priest who spends all his time bing chaste till he just cant hold back the dam of repressed urges and fricks a boy.
the devil makes work for idle hands and you squares do your utmost to make yourself as idle as possible
Combat your vices, by indulging in them, riiiight. Just don't drink moron. Just don't smoke. Just don't do drugs. If you know it's bad just don't do it. I don't know why this is so hard for so many people, life is never so depressing that you literally NEED any of that crap I hate that druggie cope excuse. But then again people look at you like Jesus nowadays for simply not eating for over a month so I guess I'll simply never understand what low willpower people are like.
>One day you're just innocently jerking off to anime furries while auto-erotically asphyxiating yourself
well that escalated fast
Shovelbros, tommorow 0800 is gotime.
>"Rain" camo
Holy based
i walk a fine line between tankie and wehraboo, indeed.
I kneel
Schaufelbrüder sind fürs Leben.
Will post shovelpics from my camp tommorow.
Von seinen Waffen weiche niemand
Einen Schritt im freien Feld:
Niemand weiß unterwegs, wie bald
Er seines Speers bedarf.
Von seinem Kampfspaten weiche niemand
Einen Schritt im freien Feld:
Niemand weiß unterwegs, wie bald
Er seines Spatens bedarf.
What kinda stuff do you dig with these shovels?
poop holes
fire pits, shit holes, shallow graves
My shovel is all I take with me when I go on long hikes. I dig spike pits and place a sign that says "Here's 10 FREE tips to make your Ultralight gear TRULY Ultralight!" works every time. I harvest the meat and equipment and move on.
I use it for trench warfare against the Gnomes.
My us army etool I got while in the army.
What are you supposed to do with one of these shovels? Dig a shitting hole? Why not just use a stick and discard it? You can chop wood with a hatchet for coffee wood.
>shaufelbrüderschaft
I need a morale patch with Fraktur lettering
lmao. PrepHole really is the best board on PrepHole. Just like how PrepHoleists are the best frens irl.
Reporting in from the great PrepHoledoors.
Shovel came in handy clearing underbrush from the campsite.
Kek you beat me to it. This is exactly what I wanted to make. I was going to use MonAmourFraktur as the font.
It can work as a patch, I think. Obviously excluding the fact that it would make you look like a neonazi
weather is good so far, warm and dry, but it will propably start raining in the night and not stop until next evening, will be interesting hiking out through that. Waiting for nightfall, then ill light my fire and make some soup. Im right next to large military training area, and i heard automatic gunfire from MG3 and G36 all day, really adds to the LARP. Constant gunfire from 10am to 4pm.
If anyone makes it happen, I'll sew it on my e-tool sheath.
A design that always works with long lettering is around a curve. Maybe that?
Back home safe, luckily didnt rain, still got wet, as i had to wade through a stream on my way home.
Schaufelbruderschaft(with SCH and without Ü)(Shovelbrooderhood) or Schaufelbrüder(with SCH and with Ü)(Shovelbrothers) would be right, but not Shaufelbrüderschaft(without SCH and with Ü)
>not Shaufelbrüderschaft
Such a pity, I'd have umlauts wherever it's possible
could also embrace the meme and call it Schäufelbrüderschäft
The lantern is Bundeswehr (similar lanters have been used in all german militaries since the first world war, both east and west), the messkit is polish, but is pretty much identical to the german one (exept its 1/4 the price)
#8 with a border between the writing and the image would be perfect. Try a font like MonAmourFraktur or what
was using.
i really like #4
maybe make the text slightly smaller and put PrepHole in the bottom center, that way the text wouldnt wrap all the way around and thus be easier to read.
the problem is making a patch with it, if the font is too small it won't look good as an embroidery
just make the entire patch a little larger, in my opinion, when the text wraps all the way around it becomes hard to read. also consider actually putting in all the Umlauts
would make it a lot more unique
i meant 9
>:Schäüfëlbrüdërschäft:
Perfection
You can customize the kerning between letters! You should have a set of options when you select the text. Sadly my toaster software crashes when I handle lettering, so I can't do it. But this design is perfect. The idea of having the shovel digging into the bottom line is genius.
Another idea for the patch, keep the black and white, but add some read blood to the shovel, to make it more visually striking.
I must say after having tried it out i really like having a sharpened Shovel with me. Its great for preparing the campsite or digging fireholes or taking a shit. Other people might carry axes or folding saws, but the shovel is lighter than an axe and i really dont need to prep wood with an axe, there is enough dead dry small wood in the forests around me, so that just breaking it is more than enough. Is it unneccisary weight? maybe. is it fun to carry around a ww1 combat shovel, larping as a stormtrooper? certainly.
i contains both prose Edda (jüngere Edda/Snorra Edda) and poetic Edda (ältere Edda/Liederedda), with the Havamal (des Hohen Lied) beeing part of the poetic Edda.
ill go on another shoveltrip next week
nice picture edit btw
i am rather lucky for a germanoid, i live in an area, that has been heavily afflicted by coal mining, but all those mines have been floodet, turned into lakes and the areas between them turned into nature reserves. the wildernes has a particular flavor, it feels and is man made, every hill, every lake, every river was shaped by man, but has been reclaimed beutifully in the past 30 years. i enjoy it very much.
every single one of these lakes is man made
and most likely, shovels were involved
propanly. and heavy machinery.
So I am assuming you are just stealth camping and thus the camo tarp? I hate how cucked we are legally in germany and the trekking camping places are a step in the right direction, but far from perfect nor are there enough. Ever had any issue with that? I only stealth camped at fishing spots so far, but have to grow some balls and do normal wild camping more often.
there are only two types of camping in germany, cucked at a campground or free stealth camping. i choose the second option. tbh it makes it all much more interesting,evading your adversaries, keeping a low profile, trying not to be discovered. A few times so far i have planted my face in the dirt, because the forestor came around the corner, and it still has been an enjoyable ex
periance.
>there are only two types of camping in germany
I'd argue that the trekking campsites are a third category. Still kinda cucked (you have to make reservations, pay, may have to share the campsite etc.) but far less than an actual campground (Which I like far less).
I get the thrill of stealthcamping, but for frick's sake I just want to camp PrepHole without having to camp on a cucked lawn, next to a mobile home or dauercamper, while listening to the music from the nearby camper and also have to pay for the privilege. It's super moronic.
not that anon but do camo tarps/tents actually work for stealth camping? what I mean is, how effective is the camo compared to an olive green or similar
when you out your stuff somewhere, where someone else can gat line of sight on it, you are doig it wrong. Any dark colour should be fine, i even use a tent, thats neon green and it hasnt been an issue. i mostly use the camo tarp to mask the light from my firepit.
Camo doesn't work in a civilian setting. The entire purpose of camo is to avoid drawing attention to yourself, but in a civilian setting camo wearers and tents/tarps actually attracts attention from the public so it does the opposite of what it was designed for.
There might be some exceptions to this though like in parts of southern USA where every other person seems to be walking around wearing camo in regular life. But generally I would go with olive green or coyote brown or whatever instead, depending on where you live.
Wait, I am talking specifically about stealth camping innawoods. Of course I imagine that rocking a camo tent in a camping area is going to draw attention.
>Avoid tarps where the pattern repeats a lot
the tarp would be a DD, the pattern seems to be pretty good
>For real effectiveness, you'd want full camouflage kit, painted skin
It should be all right. I'm aiming at avoiding "hey there's a tent in the middle of those trees over there" from casual passerbys or the landowner.
>I agree with your point, but one could theoretically pack a full camo kit in a subtle grey-man(tm) pack, and camo up once past all the normies.
That's practically what I'm doing. The camo stuff I have is only what I'm going to pitch to make camp. Otherwise I'm (mostly) using earth colors and black for clothes/pack. I have a few orange or red things but they're either inside the pack or they're going to be worn while I'm walking around. I only care about hiding my camp since free camping is (technically) forbidden.
you tell me
kek amazing
had two guys walk up on me while i was having a rest, they saw me by my boots sticking out the end of the tarp.
in my area a surefire way to determine, if the soil has been tampered with is looking at its composition. often times sand and clay, wich should be buried far under the earth, are visible, wich proves, that the ground has been dug.
>What kind of terrain do you go PrepHole in?
broadleaf woodland
>Reading a few chapters on visual camouflage in an army manual pdf would really do wonders to reduce your risk of getting a fine.
Thanks anon, I'm going to follow the manual.
>The shovel is now an PrepHole symbol for tradition and masculinity.
>Shovel threads are also philosophy and poetry threads
this is my new favourite thing. more old fashioned shovel added to my essential camp items list. as an aside, i use my shovel for planting trees when i go out.
If you buy a milsurp shovel, you should get one with a horizontal handle, like this one
the reason is: these things have gone through trench warfare. If the thing has a straight handle, there's a chance it's gone up someone's ass at some point in time. I don't have a statistic but the chances are definitely above zero. Think about it.
15 Der unwerte Mann meint ewig zu leben,
Wenn er vor Gefechten flieht.
Das Alter gönnt ihm doch endlich nicht Frieden,
Obwohl der Speer ihn spart.
16 A Coward thinks he will ever live,
if warfare he avoids;
But old age will give him no peace,
though spears may spare him.
>assuming I know nothing but have a shovel (naturally)?
Firstly, if you do not ask permission, it is illegal.
Secondly regarding trees; try to stick to native trees. However some trees do not like to be transplanted, some people say only to transplant in the spring when there are no leaves on the tree, this has worked for me however i find if you do not disturb the roots too much they will be ok even in summer- as long as they get enough water. water the hole first. then give more water on top. approx 750ml per sapling. i plant small saplings, 1 to 3 years old, which i have often salvaged from locations where they would die or never thrive. (e.g. directly under another large tree, in some crack, all growing within 1 foot of each other) trees ideally need a spacing of about 8 feet/2.5 meters to thrive.
some people say seeds need to overwinter to sprout but i find many sprouting in the seed pod/fruiting body. i have grown some apple trees from seeds in this way.
Slugs and infesting insects are your biggest enemy, beer traps work wonders but must be deep. seeds can be sprouted indoors for a few weeks first to get the plant to a size that one slug cannot eat in one night.
Some locations where I thought the tree would never survive- are thriving, other locations that looked perfect - the sapling is dead. ????. Slightly larger more established saplings transplant better. The more roots you can bring with it the better. I have about an 85% survival rate. oh and I most often plant silver birch (because they will grow anywhere) and alder, which is also hardy and fast growing.
>directly under another large tree
larger trees will share nutrients with smaller trees, moron, you're literally a suckling baby off of it's mothers breast and throwing it in an open field thinking you're somehow helping. You're not.
the translation is by Karl Simrock, first published 1876. interestingly the numbers of the stanzas are off, because he put two together into one.
ever resharpened your shovel? i assume one just uses the same kind of sharpening stone, as for a scythe, or just whatever flat rock that can be found laying around. i have been thinking of taking one edge to the wetstone and making it sharp enough to cut tomatoes, just to see if i could.
Make sure that the plunge line is not too high of an angle. It will help you slice better but the medium carbon steel of shovels (1050s at the lower end and 1075 usually) will mean its easier to get dents in the edge with harder woods or if you end up hitting a rock in the ground.
pretty hatchet. you do leatherwork yourself?
for the sheath, i have a late war one, wich is cheaper to manufacture, in the early war models the entire blade is covered in lather, not just the edges. It was reissued in the early years of east germany, where my grandfather got it.
yeah the shovel is from my Opa.
i also have a k98 bayonett from my great grandfather, but its in a rather bad shape, due to having spent 70 years in a wet garage.
>I don't think he meant that the handle should be titanium
That makes sense. I might be moronic this morning.
>Owns a beautiful translation of the Eddas
thats all thanks to you, friend.
>Damn. Could it be restored, do you think?
I have removed all the rust and oiled it up to stop further rusting. There is severe pitting on all metal surfaces. The wooden handle was unsalvageble, same goes for the sheith. It will never look like new again, but it also not get worse. I will fabricate new wood handles and buy a new sheith in the future. the knive will wear its battle scars with pride.
>Thanks for explaining that, that is very interesting.
if one were to engage in illegal activities (which i absolutely do not!!!!) one should not admit to it, even on an anonymous chinese art appreciation forum.
well this bajonett went all the way to russia with my gramps
>Are you the Alpenflage enthusiast I tried to convince to replace your miltec tarp with heavy milsurp canvas tarps?
very possibly although i do not recall. i do have 2 kinds of milsurp tarp and wear alpenflage when outing sometimes.
>spotted my alpenflage from one tiny corner of the sleeve
that deserves another (you)
Since we're on the topic of camouflage.
Thoughts on this camo pattern? Exists in all gray too but they're unfortunately sold out everywhere.
reminds me of ww1 helmet camo paint
What do you use for sleeping on with a setup like that?
i have been wondering the same thing
I see.
>but minimum temp here is over 20C currently
lel starting to realize I need to move further south if I ever want to do /comfy/ larps.
How the frick does Snufkin do it while also living in Finland?
>that's just because I'm grumpy due to the summer heat dragging on
I hear you man, it's been terrible here too
>Picrel is the Bardenas desert
that's awesome, I had no idea that Europe had a desert that looked like Arizona
>I had no idea that Europe had a desert that looked like Arizona
Where did you think Eastwood brutally slaughtered all those Mexicans?
I was just wondering if they ever shot Westerns in there
>I had no idea that Europe had a desert
You've never visited the interior of Spain.
It's completely disgusting.
>The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians.
What are the laws in Spain by the way? In Scandinavia where you're from we're basically allowed to go anywhere and camp anywhere, no matter who owns the land. How does camping work in Spain? Is it similar or is it gay like Germany where you're not even allowed to wild camp or have a camp fire?
>we're basically allowed to go anywhere and camp anywhere, no matter who owns the land.
Not Spainanon but AFAIK it's only a few central European countries that have that thing (can't remember what it's called, wanderer's right, traveller's law). I think France is one. Denmark?
Anyway do you guys in Scandinavia really have woods so widespread that if you don't live in a big city like Oslo or Helsinski you can realistically just walk off and go innawoods? It takes hours to get to a place that's remotely green and wild here because what's not been converted to crops is an ultra protected national park where the two species of birds and mammal that aren't extinct in this country still live, so you can't do anything but walk through very carefully (and then make a reservation). It's like having sex with your pants on.
Yeah I guess we can but that is even true of cities like Oslo and Helsinki. You can just go on google maps and turn on the satellite mode then you can look at Oslo for yourself. Never been to Oslo but seems like there are decent sized deep forests surrounding Oslo on pretty much all sides, but especially to the north.
Ah crap I'm going to ask: is it hard to move to Scandinavia as a EU citizen job and housing wise? Online job ads seem to be for specialized positions, I'm not sure what the job market is like outside of that. I know that in Finland they expect you to know the language at native level to do pretty much anything. I've been wanting to move for years.
my God why is everything so hard for us southern europastani, I just wanna cook a couple sausages on a stick stove and then sleep under a tarp
how bizzare of a world we live in where people bring shovels into the woods solely for the purpose of taking pictures of it to virtue signal on a mongolian basket weaving forum
there's like 30 threads on the catalogue about products to coonsoom but 0 threads about outings, meetups, gear list shakedowns, any sort of outdoor activities unrelated to hiking etc. the few that exist are far outnumbered by threads like this which come off like a meeting hub for trad-larp instagrammers under the age of 30.
>meetups
nice try, fed
if you had read the thread you would have seen, that other then 99% of PrepHole people here actually leave their houses and have posted pictures and stories from their recent outings.
Also going PrepHole while LARPing is just way more fun.
>products to coonsoom
most of the shovels posted here are cheap ass surplus
you still have to buy them sure but there's no brand whoring whatsoever going on. you get an used up thing in sometimes shitty conditions and most of the time you have to do a restoration job on it
>people bring shovels into the woods
>0 threads about outings, meetups, gear list shakedowns
>the woods
>shovels
>0 threads about outings
>0 threads about gear
can't tell if moronic ... or bait.
i also do not use a smartphone nor social media of any kind. nokia brick master race.
Honestly I just dig with a stick.
Shovels are really heavy and I rarely if ever need to dig a deep hole or multiple holes.
For what it's worth I've found entrenching tools to be a real minefield of LARP, so many just break.
If you're in a vehicle just get a proper shovel on the roof, or cut the handle of a regular shovel down.
If you're on foot do you really need a shovel? How many fox holes do you really need to dig?
Have you ever actually dug a fox hole or do you just carry a fricking shovel because you like the idea?
Digging without a shovel is as hard as you make it, select the easiest place to dig to begin with, scrape out the soil, then use the stake and lever method to remove large pieces of earth you can simply pick up.
Should I actually sharpen the edges on my fiskars e-tool? they're definitely not sharp enough to cut through roots, only break them
I've drank and smoked before at parties, never have I ever felt compelled to do it over and over again by myself with no ability to stop. Typical addict cope trying to tell people with actual willpower that you're the only real one with control.
Are you implying drinking in absolutely all contexts is bad? This is a Christian website I'll have you know, to live in this world and not be of the world is the entire goal. Having a vice and being addicted, being attached to it and compelled to do it over and over again purely for pleasure, that is when it's bad for you. If you know you have a problem just stop letting it be a problem.
found a shovel on my outing today.
>is it CADPAT?
i think so, got it from a charity shop for a fiver.
I see that square shape a lot with german, austrian surplus shovels. Is that designed for snow?
i think it was actually designed for coal, being that there was a coal fired power plant nearby.
square shovels are better for moving dirt, while pointed ones are better for penetrating imto the dirt.
what is the choice behind the choice of military issue shovels though? simply that they expect the terrain to be softer so it will be easier to build a trench?
no idea. but i would say, if you are digging a trench as a platoon, you will have a couple of pickaxes to loosen the dirt and then move it by e tool. also the square shovelhs been enough for the ground around me so far.
Coal burner
Turn it into a smaller shovel. Trim it down with an angle grinder, and install a short wooden handle.
oh that's a frickin good idea, but i left it behind, it was only aluminium anyways.
was it the leather pack dude? wtf why? he actually contributes to the board?
yes it was him and i really wonder why
yeah. i think it was this guy (pic rel) seems to have gotten b&. i am disapoint.
Just got my m/39 backpack. How did you treat the leather on it and how many times until it got supple and nice?
he wont answer, the jannies b& him
Did they fear his power?
The way of the shovel is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be... unnatural...
NTA who posted the pic. just saved it because it was really nice camping gear.
keeping the schaufel brudergeshaft alive.
gonna dig a big hole with mine next time i go out, make a little fort and then see if it is still there in 10 years time.
Tomorrow 1300 is gotime again,
will post pictures once more.
I will partake in this PrepHoleing in honour of our fallen shovelbro.
the shovel claims yet another soul
noooooo foxy...
new shovel use discoered: cuttingboard
wonder why it died, didnt look too malnurished, propably was ill
what is this specific model of shovel called again?
Its just a german ww2 shovel, there were only two models, the one pictured and a folding one. Search for Feldspaten or Schanzzeug.
The rangeban on my home IP has expired, i hope we get Havamalanon back soon.
Thanks. I just bought a cheap leatherbalm yesterday. The pack itself seems to be pretty close to mint condition, no rust, markings, or torn leather etc. The leather was a bit dry(obviously it was built in 1941 after all) but it seems to be getting more supple, just rubbed it with balm for a second time(first time yesterday).
Although there was a small tear or whatever high up on the front of the pack near the cord which is unfortunate but maybe I am just being autistic.
it was an overnight trip. nice and warm during the day, but went down to 3°C due to the clear skies, i was still comfortable tho, as i had brought enough warm clothes.
>dog
looks like a good boy
>Laguiole
i have had that since i was in elementary school, was a gift from my grandfather
>shroom
the one pictured would propably give you a nice trip, but only once
>Do you bring yours along on overnighters?
not jet, but i hope to do so in the future, she is still young, this will be her second winter
Yeah it probably isn't an issue especially since I doubt the backpack is waterproof to begin with.
>And again, I am sorry for misunderstanding you in the other thread.
kek no problem
>Are you the anon that lamented my absence in the patch thread kek?
nah, different anon. i just saved as many images as i could of the patches.
finding it difficult to find one of those shovels for a reasonable price, will just keep my eye out for them in flea markets and antique shops.
The breed is selected for hunting and its sometimes hard to control, once the dog has a scent. she has run away twice already (once overnight, because it had gotten to dark and we had to call off the search), trying to catch deer. My father has a much easier time with her, i only see the dog every two weeks, since im gone for university, so i dont have as much control over her.
Next season i plan on taking her overnight.
Been thinking of buying leather service boots and I've seen some of your pics. Which ones are you wearing and would you recommend them?
is this some kind of bunker? reminds me of fighting positions i saw in normandy
I recently got this from amazon. It's currently being used for landscaping, and it's performing well in rocky clay Georgia soil. 40.00.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083BNJMC3?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
The brotherhood keeps on growing.
What’s with the relay?
I'm an electrician. It's a part of an access control system.
the flask at the bottom reminds me so much of the magic potion from Asterix
i carry 3.5l for over nighters (i use almost all of it).
Cant imagine carrying all that in canteens.
Saved.
saved that
absolutely brilliant.
lol frick that. i would not want to fight someone shovel vs bayonet.
i just wish FOG gays wouldnt have soiled that flag.
there have been some tough guy instagramm ecelebs that used a bastardized version of blackbeards flag and the whole thing has seen a resurgence since february.
>Assuming equal skill and no tactical advantages
But anon, isn't tactical advantage the very spirit of the Schaudelbruderschaft?
A shovel-user would pick his fight in the right terrain, deftly shoveling sand in the eyes of his intellectually inferior attacker, then he'd kick the bayonet user into the spike ditch which in typical Schaufenbrüder preparedness he had dug in advance, just in case.
fsafasfas
love a good tool thread
nice shovel-rack
Someone had to show some love to the spetsnaz shovel. Kek
nice OC
What kind of food do you normally bring? Does it conform to your LARP?
I don't do this but yeah this is cool and I fully understand it. I don't even think it's "based". This kind of approach to hobbies is probably the last bastion against rampant conformity and industrialization of the human brain.
This state of play where you do things for the sake of discovery is one of the biggest things that are being lost today.
>want to go backpacking
>take a shovel for what
nobody takes a chainsaw and a garden trowel, just little toys they never use
what if you've been larping your whole life? when does the larp become my reality? this is the thing i don't think people get, they see someone doing something in a different aesthetic or with "superflous" gear and just shout "larp" ... I'm not larping as anything and like yeah maybe i could have bought normal gear, but you normies could have bought my gear, also i don't really have anything else.
>inb4
>if you don't do things in the exact way that everyone else is doing them around you then you're a LARPER!!!!
>everything must be exactly the way i say or it's a LARP!
>i'm not the autistic one, you are!!!
i personly just started calling whatever i do PrepHoledoors "LARPing" so that it cant be used to ridicule my choice of gear.
Also generally Larping isnt a bad thing, as long as you are having fun, why would you care, what other people think?
LARPer as an insult doesn't even address any of this shit, it's for people who buy gear for bugging out or survival while never leaving the basement
Genuinely looks like a makeup test from a Mad Max movie.
>quadnods
>Artillerieluger
>Shovel
i love this picture, saved.
Now that the kit for gnome hunting has been established, we need to figure out, what is the proper equipment for hunting Hrimthursen (Ice Giants).
Is .308 enough or should we go up to .338 Lapua for taking out Ymirs kin?
In case you didn't know, if you soak the fabric around the bottom canteen in a stream or something it keeps your water cooler on a warm day. You do have to have a wet canteen at that point though lol
really enjoying your artstyle, great choice of coulors.
I'll just leave this here.
>Are you referring to the anachronistic dieselpunkesque vibe?
Yep but also the color choices and linework.
>We all ride with the wild hunt eventually!
at least those of us, who are fortunate enough to fall, with a weapon in our hands.
holy based they seem great
I'm about to order two of them. Do you have any other gear you would recommend, like your backpack and maybe trousers?
>I'm about to order two of them.
Where?
https://www.outdoorfan.de/Norwegische-Zeltbahn-oliv-gebraucht
they also have romanian shovels, so be shure to pick one up, when you get your shelter half.
oh nice I'll take that as well 🙂
They're gone forever it seems.
originalgetreu means faithful to the original, so it is implied, that the item in question is a reproduction
You are strange hipsters. Have fun with it but definitely don't get some kind of ego from your choices like many hipsters do.
I prefer to fit in with the people
>I prefer to fit in with the people
ngmi
i feel honoured to have my shovel includet in this meme
Went to the Surplus Store today lots of shovels there!
Got myself a new Canteen.
East German Unissued fitting for the other UTV gear i have.
forgot the pic
That's a nice flask
>all those dildoesque straight handles
see
i want to go to the surplus store but i need to save money ...
watch out when going to the surplus store, sometimes you get great deals, sometimes they try to israelite you.
i originally went there to buy one of those german folding mats, but they wanted 40€ for it!
>Very neat. Is there a specific purpose to your collection.
i bought the canteen to use while PrepHole, also want to set up a summer kit based on UTV for next year, it just lacks the capacity for winter (it was for a mechanized army after all)
mine arrives just today along with the romanian shovel which is absolutely dirty and greasy
How are the tarps/ponchos? Good condition? Any repairs?
perfect condition - not a single ripped seam or any damage whatsoever
lol I guess I'll have to draw lines of unkosher salt under every doorway and window in the house
I'll probably wax them because I don't need them urgently so I can spare the time and as you said with these tarps it is more about tradition than efficiency
lol no I just wanted to arrange thwm in a neat way so it's clear that I bought two of them
lets wait until this one drops off of page 10 and then make a new one.
found a good deal on a East German Folding shovel with cover for 20 euroshekels
https://www.raeer.com/shopexd.asp?id=31146
get one while they last
looks repro, are you sure that is real surplus?
is that any good?
i very much doubt that anyone would make a repro of a equipment modernisation that was never issued and is already cheap and plentyful.
thanks for the advice.
ok cool
the tool just looks brand new but being never issued explains that
i explained it in the now deleted thread (frick the jannies).
this is from UTV 85-90 (Uniformtrageversuch = Uniform Wear Trial) wich was slated to become standart issue of the NVA in 1990, but due to the fall of the iron curtain it was never widely issued apart from a few select units for testing.
It was still mass produced tho, so there were literal warehouses sitting around full of that stuff.
might have to get one, even if only for the camo carrying bag:D
what's with the keyhole in the middle?
its supposed to be used to pull nails out of wood, but i dont know how well that would work.
Lots of good information on NVA Field Gear on this website: https://flaechentarn-kraus.hpage.com/
>Diese Klappbarer Feldspaten hat eine Nagelentfernungskerbe
such a beautiful language
What are in those two bottles?
Also do you have additional wool footwraps or do you prefer socks when it gets colder with those leather boots?
Here is something for all the eurobros. zib-militaria is closing shop on the 15th due to the owner being super sick. Everything is super reduced, most stuff is half off, some even more then that. They have tones of WW1 and 2 repros and og clothing pouches and a bunch of other more modern stuff too. They also have tones of East German entrenching tools too. Thank me later.
Thanks a ton anon I snatched a really good deal
I'm sorry about the owner. Looks like a pretty bad situation.